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BROTHER JONATHAN'S ,3
• ALMANAC, • mi^~^l
FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1
1847:
Being the Third \fter T^eap If ear;
CQ^TTAINING 365 DAYS, .]
And after the Fourth of July, the Seventy-first of American Independence. \
ARRANGED AFTER THE SYSTEBT^' OF THE OERBSAN ALXKKANACS. \
CONTAINING ;
The Rising, Setting, and Eclipses of the Sun and Moon ; the Phases, Signs, ,
and Southings of the Moon ; the Aspects of the Planets ; with the Rising, \
Setting, and Southing of the most conspicuous Planets and Fixed Stars ; \
the times of High Water at Philadelphia; the Equation of Time, and other ^
Miscellanies, &c., &;c.
1
CAREFULLY CALCULATED ^
FOR THE LATITUDE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND OHIO, \
BUT WILL SERVE FOR 1
MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, AND THE ADJOINING STATES, WITHOUT MATERIAL
ALTERATION. ,
. BV \
SETH SMITH. i
THE CALCULATION OF THIS ALMANAC IS MADE TO MEAN OR CLOCK TIME, EXCEPT I
THE RISING AND SETTING OF THE SUN, WHICH ARE FOR SOLAR ;■
OR APPARENT TIME. 'i
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Explanation of Characters in this Almanack.
New Moon. N^Jf First Quarter. ^^ Full Moon. V||j^ Last Quarter
The Twelve Constellations in the Zodiac.
^ Aries, or Ram.
(^ Taurus, or bull.
f^ Gemini, or twins.
►^ Cancer, or crab-fish.
(ff Leo, the lion.
31 Virgo, or virgin.
^ Libra, or balance.
c|g Scorpio, orscorpion.
The Planets and their Qualities
1^ Sagittarius, or bowman.
i^ Capricornus, or goat.
^ Aquarius, or waterman.
SS Pisces, the fishes.
t) Saturn, cold, dry.
4 Jupiter, warm, moist,
tf Mars, hot, dry.
0 Sun, fiery, dry.
$ Venus, moist, warm.
^ Mercury, warm, dry.
j) Moon* cold, moist, changing.
^ Herschel, hot, dry, moist, changing.
Aspects and other Characters.
Conjunction c/
Opposition cf
Trine A
Quartile D
Sextile *
Moon's ascen. \j
Moon's desc. r\
Good cupping ^
Chronological Cycles.
Mooninapo. or perigee 1)
h. and m. hours and min.
Semi Sextile ss.
Dragon's head ^
Seven stars 7*
Earth ©
Dominical Letters C Koman Indiction 5
Lunar Cycle, or Golden Number 5 Julian Period 6560
Epact 14 The Jewish Era com. Sep. 21 with 5608
Solar Cycle 8 The Moham.Erabeg.Dec. 20 with 1264
MOVEABLE FEASTS.
Septuagesima Sunday Jan. 31
Sexagesima Sunday Feb. 7
Quinqua. .or Shrove Sun. Feb. 14
Shrove Tuesday Feb. 16
Ash Wed.orlstday ofLentFeb. 17
Quadragesima, 1st S. in L. Feb. 21
Palm Sunday Mar. 28
Good Friday April 2
Easter Sunday April 4
Low Sunday April 11
Rogation Sunday May 9
Ascen. Day, or Holy Thurs. May 13
Whit Sunday May 23
Trinity Sunday May 30
Corpus Christi June 3
Advent Sunday Nov. 28
Ember Days.
The 25th of March the 26th of May, the 22th of Sep. and 15th of Dec.
CARDINAL POINTS.
Vernal Equinox, the 21st March, 12 o'clock, 33- min., in the morning.
Summer Solstice, the 21st June, 9 " 18 " " afternoon.
Autumnal Equinox, the 23d Sept 11 " 21 " " morning.
Winter Solstice, the 22d Dec 5 " 4 " " morning.
The Eclipses for the Year 1847.
This year there will be two Eclipses of the Sun, and two of the Moon.
1. A partial Eclipse of the Moon, March 31st. 1847: occurring in the afternoon: therefore invisible.
At Bostoni the Moon will rise about 16 minutes before the end of the eclipse.
2. A total Eclipse of the Sun, April 15th 1847, invisible in ./Jmerica. The Conjunction at 1 hour
21 minutes in the morning.
3. A partial Eclipse of the Moon, Sep. 24th 1847, ar 9 hours, 32 min. in the morning, invisible
4. An Annular Eclipse of the Sun, October 9th 1847: invisible iu America.
i.<-^.
4
Columbia
18
Luzerne
4
Dauphin
18
Mifflin
4
Lancaster
18
18
Nortlmmlierland
4
Northampton
Perry
4
Wayne .
18
York
4
Adams '
S?5
25
Cumberland
11
Bedford
Franklin
11
Centre
25
"•.ntJnrrdon
11
^Venango
of an anni,
lowing toast: " .
sticks by when all otnt. .
Voltaire said— "I have a friend who ..
rector in the Bank of France, who writes to me
when they are going to make money plenty and
make stock rise, and then I give orders to my
broker 'to sell: and he writes to me when they
are going to make stock fall, and then 1 write to
my broker to buy: and thus at a hundred leagues
from Paris, and without moving from mj chair
T make money. ' * -
Oh, my dear, sir,' said a poor sufferer to a
ist, 'that is the second wrong tooth you have
'A out?' ' Very sorry, sir,' said the' blunder-
operator, 'but as there were only three
1 1 began, I'm sure to be right next time.
The First Month, or JANUARY— 1847,
^^^^ Remarkable Days ^^^^ ^"^'^ Moon's Aspects of Planets ^U^
Days. ^ ' Wafer. R.SfS. Signs, other Miscellanies. l^jS
j . Sun Moon )^ ^
IRises^Sets. South.\°a
Frid
Satur
1 New Year
2 Abel, Seth
2 0
2 35
5 15
6 12
v€l2
)'^24
"^Sun in per.
'Ariet. s 7 8
7 23
7 23
4 37 morn
4 37 12 32
1.) Sunday.
Day's length 9 hours 14 minutes.
Sund
Mond
Tues
3 Enoch
4 Methusalem
5 Simon
3 9
3 42
4 14
(^ 71$ sets 5 0
4^ 19|cf rises4 29
5j7 23
5,7 22
4 37
4 38
/J. QQ
1 20(22
2 6123
P 50124
,2 sets o
vVed
Thur
Frid
Satur
^.) Serenus
24 Ember day
25 Victor
26 Nestor
27 Leander
o 58
8 11
9 32
10 46
11 48
morn
12 36
Matt. 4.
12 4
1 6
2 2
2 54
3 40
4 22
4 58
^10
^23
m 6
^^ 18
DayVlength 10 hou.. ^«
1]. so 6 11
^ rises 3 54
1416 365 24
14 6 355 25
14 6 34 5 26|
14 6 32 5 28
I'ite 315 291
'ninutes.
~5~5079
6 4210
7 3411
8 2412
9.) 2d Sunday in Lent.
Sund 128 Justus I 1 12|
Matt.
5 311<^2
■" Wm.
Has
MOON'S PHASES.
Full Moon the 1st, at 9 o'clock, 42 minutes h
morning-.
Last Quarter the 9 th, at one o'clock,
the afternoon. "i^^
New Moon the 16th, at 7 o'clock, 4f^-
the afternoon. O^
First Quarter the 23d, at 11 o'clock, 17 g\
the morning. ,
Full Moon the 31st, at 3 o'clock 28 minuiS ^
Conjecture of the Weather.
The 1st, & 2d clear; 3d, cloudy ^ 4th chanj
ble, 5lh 6th 7th, clear and cold; 8th and 9th, cloi
10th 11th 12th and 13th, clear and cold; 14th 15th 1
and 17tli, cloudy witU snow at intervals; r8th, cle.
19th 20ih cloudy; 21st 22d 23d changeable but mile,
24th, sncw; 25th and 26th, cloudy; 27th, clear an
cold; 28th and 29th, miU and clear: 30 and 31 cloud-
Court of Quarter Sessions & Court of Common P)//
Berks 4 1 Warren ^.
^ambria 4 | Tioga
H ahanon
EBRUARY— 1847.
cts of Planets Sf
^i
Sun
Moon
icr Miscellanies.
BJS
Rises Sf Sets.
South.
5^
ets6 9
14
7 0
5 0
12 4720
ises 4 12
14
6 59
5 1
1 30'21
1 apogee
14
6 58
5 2
2 1322
o7 17
14
6 57
5 3
2 5523
reat. H. L. S.
14
6 55
5 5
3 37 24
-ts 6 29
14
6 54
5 6
4 2025
Day's length 10 hours 14 minutes
.
0. 7 55
14
6 53
5 7
5 5^6
.•ion s. 8 30
14
6 52
5 8
5 53
27
riuss 918
15
6 51
5 9
6 42
28
>30 n
15
6 50
5 10
7 35
29
on so 12 9
15
6 48
5 12
8 31
30
ses 4 5
15
6 47
5 13
9 28
31
•eat. H. L. S.
15
6 46
5 14
10 2Q
1
Day's length 10 hours 30 minutes.
iouth 6 43
14
6 45
5 15
11 25
2
%l)\n perigee
If^insup.c/O
14
6 44
5 16
12 22
3
14
6 42
5 18
1 19
4
5et« 5 22
14|6 41
5 19
2 14
5
ID
14'6 40
5 20
3 9
6
D Orion s 9 49
146 39
5 21
4 3
7
? Kr;
146 37
5 23
4 56
8
Has 28 Days.
MOON'S PHASES.
Last Quarter the 8tli, al 8 o'clock, 38 minutes in
the morning,
New Moon the 15th, at 6 o'cL ck, 25 minutes in
the morning.
First Quarter the 21st, al 10 o'clock, 58 minutes in
the afternoon.
Conjecture of the Weather.
1 he 1st & 2d clear; 3d 4th & 5tl) cloudy with snow'
6lh and 7th clear: 8th snow; 9th 10 & 11th change-
able & cold; 12th 13th, snow; 14lh 15lh mild & cl ar:
16th & irth, cloudy; 18th cold and clear: 19th 20lh &
21st, variable: 22d, ra'm: 23d &. 24th, clear and cold:
25th 26th & 27th, cloudy; 28 ih clear.
Court of Quarter Sessions & Court of Common Pleas.
Chester
Bucks
. 8
Clearfield
, 1
Crawford
8
Erie
Jefferson
8
Juniata
Monroe
15
Susquehanna
Montgomery
15
Pike
Union
15
Lehigh
M'Kean
15
Lycoming
Washington
15
Somerset
Westmoreland
15
Clarion
Delaware
22
Bradford
8
Potter
22
A BIT OF REAL IRISH.
A car-driver, named Paddy Geraghty, was,
some time ago, brought before the Magi strates
of the Head Police Office, Dublin, for having
used threatening language to a Mr. Elles, of Ham-
mond Lane. The Magistrates, on hearing the
statement of the complainant, directed Geraghty
to give security, himself in £20, that he would
keep'the peace.
Paddy having been ushered by the bailifTinto
the office of the bondsigner, or person who is to
see that the bail-bond is executed, the following
dialogue loolr place when the bond was prepared:
Clerk.-The condition of this bond, Geraghty,
is, that you will keep the peace for seven years?
Gexaghty. — (scratching his head.) Fot seven
years 1
■ Clerk. — Yes, for seven years; and to all his
Majesty's subjects.
Geraghty. — To all his Majesty's subjects !
Good God ! What is that for ?
Clerk. — Why it seems to be a great hardship
on you to keep the peace.
Geraghty. — Is it to every one in Dublin?
Clerk. — Ay, and to every one in Ireland, too.
Geraghty. — In all Ireland.
Clerk. — ^Yes ; in England and Scotland, a-lso.
Geraghty. — In England and Scotland ! Oh !
that is on account of the union, I suppose ; bad
luck to it !
Clerk. — And, likewise, in all his Majestys do-
minions.
Geraghty. — Is it # home and abroad ?
Clerk. — Yes, certainly.
Geraghty. — Why certainly! by St. Patrick,
I'll never sign it.
Pat was here reminded that if he did not con-
form to the order of the Magistrates, he would be
committed, on which he reluctantly took up his
pen to make the mark to the bond, exclaiming at
the same time, ' Oh! boys, isn't this dreadful for
nothing at all !'
When the bond was signed, Geraghty
shrugged up his shoulders, saying to the Clerk,
with an air of sarcastic triumph, * Well, sW, you
have done yer best. Thank God, you can do
no more.
Clerk. — Oh! we don't want to do any more.
You are now bound to keep the peace to all his
Majesty's subjects.
Geraghty,. — (looking at the Clerk, whilst at
the same time he was untying the whip that was
across his shoulders) To kape the pace to all his
Majesty's subjects! Oh! then, by the powers of
man, the first fellow I meet that is not his
Majesty^ s subject, I'll make his head smoke.
CHARITY.
B6l4*ire not each accusing tongue.
As most weak persons do ;
But still believe that story wrong
Which ought not to be true.
1#
n^eek
Days.
Remarkable Days.
High
Water.
Moon
R.SfS.
Moon's
Signs.
Aspects of Planets 4*
o</«er HAiscellanies.
^i Sun
ril Rises ^ Sets.
Moun
South.
n
Mond
1 St. David
1 47
6 4'
m 6,^::^? sets 7 15
13
6 26
5 34
morn
17
Tues
2 Chad
;2 20
rises
<ai^i8
^g^]) in apogee
12
6 24
5 36
12 11
18
Wed
3 Samuel
2 50
7 34
?r>si 0
c^ rises 3 46
12
6 23
5 37
12 53
19
Tliur
4 Adrianus
3 21
8 32
^ 11
^iricQ,
12
6 22
5 38
1 36
20
Frid
5 Frederick
3 51
9 26
Jg'^ I^J
2|. sets 12 33
12
6 21
5 39
2 19
21
Satur
6 Fridolin
'4 28
10 23
« 5
D rises 6 14
12
6 19
5 41
3 3
22
10.)
3d Sunday after Lent.
Luke 11. Day's let
igil
11 hours 24 minutes.
Sund
7 Perpetua
4 59
11 21
<^18
Sirius so 7 36
11
6 18
5 42
3 49
23
Moad
8 Philomon
4 42
morn
<S^ 4
Castor so 8 18
11
6 17
5 43
4 37
24
Tues
9 Prudence
6 32
12 17
#^17
/Jg^^ in perihel.
\5L¥scts7 36n
11
6 15
5 45
5 26
25
Wed
10 Rosina
7 37
1 13
m 1
11
6 14
5 46
6 19
26
Thur
11 Ernestus
8 49
2 8
^15
^ rises 3 47
10
6 13
5 47
7 14
21
Frid
12 Gregory
10 27
2 57
^ 0
c/ c? 3), c/ ? W
10
6 11
5 49
8 10
28
Satur
13 Macedon <
^1 41
3 44
^15
2; sets 12 24
10,6 10
5 50
9 6
1
11.) 4th Sunday after Lent.
John 6.
Day's length ti hours 42 minutes.
Sund
Mond
Tues
Wed
Thur
Frid
Satur
14 Zachriah
15 Christopher
16 Cyprianus
17 St. Patrick
18 Anshelmus
19 Joseph
20 Matrona
12 38
4 28
>g» 0
1 26
5 10
35 15
2 9
sets
9^. 0
2 49
7 26
ff«15
3 30
8 37
9^.2^
4 10
9 48
^13
4 52
10 53
^27j
^ great, elong. E.
/^IkD in perigee
^ great. H. L. N.
$ sets 7 59
9
6 9
5 51
10 3
9
6 7
5 53
11 0
9
6 6
5 54
11 56
9
6 5
5 55
12 52
8
6 3
5 57
1 48
8
6 2
5 58
2 44
8
6 1
5 59
3 39
12.) 5th Sunday after Lent.
John 8.
Day's length 12 hours 2 minutes.
Sund
21 Benedict
5 31
11 53
7^*10
7
5 59
6 1
4 34
Mond
22 Paulina
6 34
morn
^23
^ rises 3 23 U
7
5 58
6 2
5 28
Tues
23 Eberhard
7 37
12 49
m 6
s^"^ rises 5 6
7
5 57
6 3
6 20
Wed
24 Gabriel
8 52
1 37
H^18
6
5 55
6 5
7 9
Thur
25 A.ofB.V.M
10 11
2 20
<fir 0
Procyon so 7 18
6
5 54
6 6
7 57
Frid
26 Emanuel
11 11
2 59
'ffis
Regul. so 9 42
6
5 53
6 7
8 42
Satur
27 Gustavus
morn
3 32
<«r2i
$ sets 8 16
6
5 51
6 9
9 27
13.) Palm Sunday.
Matt. 21.
Day's length 12 hours 20 minutes.
Sund
Mond
Tues
Wed
28 Gideon
29 Eustatius
30 Guido
31 Detalaus
12 2
4 4
M 3
12 43
4 35
^ 15
1 20
5 4
^27
1 1 53
5 31
)^ 8
2]. sets 1 1 34
j) in apogee
g; ^T) rises 4 45
'Moon eel
ip.
5
5 50
6 10
10 10
5
5 49
6 11
10 52
5
5 48
6 12 11 34l
4
5 46
6 14
morn
Has 31 Days.
11
MOON'S PHASES
Full Moon the 1st at 10 o'clock 8 min. in the aft'n
Last Quarter the 9th, at 11 o'clock 38 min in tie
afternoon.
New Moon the 16th, at 4 o'clock 10 minutes in the
afternoon.
First Quarter the 23(1, at 12 o'clock, 40 minutes in
the afternoon.
Full Moon the 31st at 4 o'clock 16 min. in the aft'n.
Conjecture of the Weather.
1st, cloudy: 2d & 3d, changeable; 4th clear & colda
5tb & 6th, snow and rain: 7th 8lh & 9lh changeable.-
10th & 11th. clear and cold: 12th, cloudy; 13th, clear,
14th 15tU & 16th, changeable; 17th, stormy;
18th, 19lh cloudy; 20th north wind, 21st 22d 23d,
stormy; 24th 251h, clear and cold; 26th 27 & 28th,
north wind; 29lh, rain: SOtl^& 31st, variable.
Supreme
Cowrf.— Philadelphia
' 15
Court of Quarter Sessions & Court of CommonPleas,
Beaver
1
Armstrong
15
Fayette
1
Green
15
Philadelphia
1
Schuylkill
22
Warren
1
Alleghany
22
Uutler
8
Indiana
22
Tioga
8
Mercer
22
Venango
8 ICambria
29
Making it an object. — Dan Marble tells a
good story of a Yankee who recently paid Ar-
kansas a flying visit. He went out there to
♦' settle" induced by the representations of a
man from the State who was on a visit to Con.
necticut, and who told him he could " make a
fortin" at once, and that he would make it ah
object for him if he would move to Arkansas
immediately and with him. Upon the strength
of these assertions the Yankee accompanied his
Arkansa* friend home, but had hardly been in the
State half a day, when they had a regular rough
and tumble fight, in which the " Down Easter"
got the worst of it. We give the Yankee's
description of the " skrimage" in nearly his own
words.
" You see I went out among, the darned
catamarans and bowy nives becos I was tol4 I
could make my etarnil fortin in enamost no
time. The feller that coxed me ofl^, tu, sed
he'd make it an object for me, and what's more
sed he'd due the thing that was right and make
an object of me among his friends and quain*
lances — sed he'd get me all their custom, tu:—
Well, afore I'd been among the plaguy heathen
tu hours the chap that got me off was mor'n
halfsmashetl on new corn whiskey kicked up
a row, and finally give me one of the almightiest
lickin's I ever got since I was born upon airth.
Why, the lickin Eph Peltingill give me behind
the school house was new cider and pan cakes
in comparison. But he made his word good,
fori was a leetle grain the worse looking object
arter the fight was over ! — That mumy I seen in
the old Boston museum was a perfect beauty to
what I was. When I cum to think over what
he'd sed — how he'd make an object of me
among his friends and get me all their custom,
and so on, I thought the most prudent thing 1
could du was jest tu pull up stakes and be off
home, and if ever you catch me out in Rackan-
saw agin you may split me up into shingle stuff.
I'm not so fond of bein made an object of and
gettin custom in that way, particularly tvhen
custom of that kind is by no means scarce^
MAKING THE MOST OF IT.
The " last best gift" of Victoria to her husband
is said to be rather ugly in feature. One of the
Court Journals, however, labors hard to make a
beauty of the " little dear," as follows: —
" Her royal highness is a remarkably fine in-
fant, but not so delicately formed as her sister.
She has eyes bordering on light blue — a nose
small, but beautifully rounded — and hair which
promises to be flaxen."
If it belonged to common folks, we presume
the above might be rendered thus. — "A homely
little squab, with cat's eyes, pug nose, and tow
head." — Alas for the consistency of this world
of humbug!
12
The Fourth Month, or APRIL— 1847,
Jf^*^ Remarkable Days
Days. y
High
Water.
Moon Moon's Aspects of Planets Sf
R.S^ S. Signs, other Miscellanies.
^ ^ Sun Moon I, j
f Rises SfSets. South. FS
Thur
Frid
Satur
1 Theodore
2 GoodFri'y,
3 Ferdinand
2 24^
2 56
3 33
rises
8 19
9 16
$ sets 8 30
^ rises 3 4
45 6 15
44|6 16
5 4216 18
12
1 1
1 47
17 20
21
14.)
Easter Sunday.
Mark 16. Day's length 12 hours 38
minutes
Sund
4 Easter Sun.
4 3
10 11
cf?27
4 sets U 13
35 41
6 19
2 34
23
Mond
5 Easter Mon
4 40
11 7
m 9
t) rises 4 23
35 40
6 20
3 23
24
Tues
6 Egesippus
5 22
morn
m22
Spica so 12 27 n
35 39
6 21
4 14
25
Wed
7 Aaron
6 11
12 1
m 5
Aliothsoll 42
2 5 37
6 23
5 7
26
Thur
8 Dionysius
7 10
12 52
^19
^gMleg. so 8 51
2 5 36
2 5 35
6 24
6 1
27
Frid
9 Prochorus
8 31
1 37
^ 3
Ct/cT])
6 25
6 56
28
Satur
10 Daniel
9 58 2 21
^17
$ sets 8 48
l|5 33
6 27
7 50
29
15.)
1st Sunday after Easter.
John.20
Day's len
gth 12 hours 48
minutes
Sund
11 Julius
11 15
3 2
3S 1
Alioth so 1 1 26
1
5 32 6 28
8 45 30
Mond
12 Eustachius
12 15
3 40
5£ 16
c/^ 3), 4 so 1049
1
5 316 29
9 39 31
Tues
13 Justinus
1 4
4 18
^ 1
3) in perigee
1
5 306 30
10 341 1
Wed
14 Tiberius
1 49
sets
^16
c/l^]), Sunec.in.
(k5 286 32
11 30
2
Thur
15 Olympia
2 31
7 21
^ 1
jpSlDicf rises 2 44
•05 276 33
12 26
3
Frid
16 Calxitus
3 11
8 33
fl^l6
^©lI'Pol. set 12 25
^
5 266 34
1 23
4
Satur
17 Rudolph
4 23
9 37
^ 0
t) rises 3 38
co_
5 25'6 35
2 20
^
16.)
2d Sunday after Easter.
John 10. Day's length 13 hours 14
minutes
Sund
18 iEneas
4 34
10 36
'If* 14
Alioth s 10 59
1
5 23:6 37
3 16
6
Mond
19 Ancietus
.5 18
11 29
^28
Regul. so 8 8 U
1
5 22]6 38
4 10
7
Tues
20 Sulputius
6 5
morn
^B 11
? sets 9 12
1
5 21 6 39
5 2
8
Wed
21 Adolarius
7 0
12 17
^^23
^ in Aphehon
1
5 20 6 40
5 52
9
Thur
22 Cajus
8 6
12 57
<fC 6
^m^Spicasll 13
s^2|.sets 1016
2
5 19 6 41
6 39,10
Frid
23 St. George
9 13
1 34
<f€18
2
5 17a 43
•7 23(11
Satur
24 Albert
10 23
2 6
M 0
^ rises 2 28
2
5 16,6 44
8 712
17.) 3d Sunday after Easte.
John 16.
Day's length 13 hours 30 minutes.
Sund
Mond
Tues
Wed
Thur
Frid
25 St. Mark
26 Cletus
27 Anastasius
28 Vetalis
29 Sybilla
30 Eutropius
11 21
2 37
^^ 1^
morn
3 7
^23
12 7
3 37
25^ 5
12 48
4 5
je8^ 17
1 24
4 37
2^29
1 58
rises
mn
J) in apogee
Arctur. so. 11 48
$ sets 9 28
^ gjreat. elong. W.
~ "5 rises 2 54
^Spicasl041
8 49
9 32
4710 14
10 58
11 43
morn
Has 30 Days.
13^
MOON'S PHASES.
Last Quarter the 8th, at 10 o'clock 25 minutes in
the morning.
. New Moon the 15th, at 1 o'clock, 21 minutes in the
morning.
First Quarter the 22d, at 4 o'clock, 8 minutes in
the morning.
Full Moon the 30th, at 8 o'clock, 25 min. in the
morning. .
Conjecture of the Weather.
The 1st 2d & 3d pleasant: 4th, 5th variable: 6th
cloudy: 7th, 8th thunder; 9th tempestuous, winds:
10th 11th 8i 12th, cloudy, 13th 14th pleasant; 15th &
16th cloudy: 17 warm rain; 18th & 19th clear: 20th
rainy. 21st 22d 23d & 24th variable. 25 & 26th clear.
27th 28th 29th variable. 30th clekr.
Court of Quarter Sessions & Coiitt of Common Pleas.
Berks
5
Bedford 19-
Franklin
5
Columbia 19
Lebanon
5
Dauphin 19
Luzerne
5
Lancaster 19
Mifflin
5
Northampton 19
Northumberland
5
Wayne 19
Perry
5
Adams 26
York
5
Centre 26
Crawford
12
nucks 26
Cumberland
12 Somerset 26
Huntingdon
12 Pike , 30
Philadelphia Jearly Meeting of Orthodox
Friends, held at Arch Street Meeting House, 3d
second day in the fourth Month, (the 19th.)
A street Dialogue early in the Morning.
' Ain't it precious cold, Bill?'
« That it is, Tom.'
' Dont you know how cold it is, Bill'?
♦ No.'
' Why, its 40 degrees colder nor yesterday.'
♦ Degrees? What's a degree, Tom?'
'Why, Bill, every degree you wants another
great coat.'
♦ No wonder, Tom^ then, we feels so precious
cold.'
Hard Words. — A gentleman who had kept
public house for many years, but whose house
was almost completely hid from the road by
woods, was one day speaking of the improve-
ments which he intended to make about his
premises. " Gentlemen," said he, " I intend
to open a large revenue from the public high-
way to my dwelling, to which I shall build a
condition, that I may be able to detain strag-
glers in a more hostile manner."
Capital. — A man in Ohio, well mounted, and
urging on a drove of fat hogs towards Detroit,
met a charming lot of little girls, as they were
returning from school, when one of them, as she
passed the ' swinish miiltitude,' made a very
pretty curtsey.
" Why my. little girl," said the mail, " do you
curtsey to a whole drove of hogs?"
" No, sir,' said she, with a most provoking
smile, ' only to the one on horseback.'
ELOQUENCE.
The following is an extract from an oration of
a gentleman in Missouri, delivered in the meet-
ing house on the glorious 4lh of July:
" Fellow citizens- Shouts of victory come up
from the neighboring mashes — the cry of free-
dom defens the voice of nature, and all nature
sings aloud for joy! On this glorious occasion
I have not words to express the sentiments of
my mind — when I think of the great doings of
our posteriors, how tbey licked the British, and
my father was in the army, and I was not born,
and my mother warn't courted yet, and the
country was freed from British slavery by the
gloriovjs arms of Thomas Jefferson and General
Jackson. On this day I call upon you to gird on
your swords and beat your spears into plough-
shares and cry aloud and spare not. On thistlay
let the cannons roar aloud — let the flags be waft-
ed on high — let the gleaming of your swords
flash in the rays of the sun — let the shouts of
freedom fill the air — let the trumpit send forth
its blasting strains — and let the gentleman who
borrowed my umbrella bring it back again as
soon as possible!"
14
The Fifth Month, or MAY— 1847,
^^f|i^.;na.^a67eP.,.|^f,
Moon Moon* s Aspects of Planets Sf ^^ Sun
R.^S. Signs, other 3^scella7iies. fji& Rises Sf Sets.
Moon 1^:
South.p:
Saturl 1 Phil James I 2 34| 8 eicjg 241$ sets 9 36 | 3|5 816 52\12 31|19
18.) 4th Sunday after Easter. John 16. Day's length 13 hours 4tt minutes.
cT rises 2 10 n
^. sets 9 43
$ in perihelion
d'SZj.Arc. so 11 9
'^t> rises 2 21
Sund
Mond
Tues
Wed
Thur
Frid
Satur
Sigismund
Inv.ofCross
Florianus
Godart
St. John Ev
Domicilla
Stanislaus
3 9
3 46
4 24
5 7
5 53
6 51
8 3
9 3|^ 6
9 58^19
10 49^ 2
11 37
morn
12 21
1 1
i^l6
^29
^27
6 53
6 54
6 55
6 56
6 57
6 58
7 0
1
20
21
22
23
24
25
3826
19.) Rogation Sunday.
John 16.
Day's length 14 hours 2 minutes.
Sund
Mond
Tues
Wed
Thur
Frid
Satur
_9 Job
10 Gordianus
11 Mamertus
12 Pancratius
13 Ascen. day
14 Christian
15 Sophia
9 26
10 45
11 51
12 44
1 31
2 14
2 55
1
2 12
2 51
3 30
4 11
sets
8 20
^11
^26
^.25
^24
^ 8
Spica so 10 6
$ sets 9 52
]) in perigee
^ great. H. L. S.
^ rises 1 50
f^2]. sets 9 14
0i) rises 1 54
4 59
4 58
4 57
4 56
4 55
4 55
4 54
7 30
8 23
9 17
10 11
11 7
12 3
1 0
27
28
29
30
1
2
3
20.)
6th Sunday after Easter.
John 15. Day's length
14 hours 14 minutes
Sund
16 Perigrine
3 35
9 17
i^22
Arct.so 10 26 U
4
4 53
7 7
1 56
4
Mond
17 lodorus
4 14
10 8
m 5
c/^D
4
4 52
7 8
2 50
5
Tues
18 Liberius
4 55
10 52
^18
Alioth so 9 1
4
4 51
7 9
3 42
6
Wed
19 Dunstan,
5 28
11 29
<fC 1
$ sets 10 6
4
4 50
7 10
4 31
7
Thur
20 Tropetus
6 23
morn
^H
Pollux so 10 7
4
4 49
7 11
5 18
8
Frid
21 Prudence
7 12
12 3
<f^26
'^^j. sets 8 53
sJPc?^ rises 1 31
4
4 48
7 12
6 3
9
Satur
22 Helen
8 15
12 38
^ 8
4
4 48
7 12
6 46
10
21.)
Whit Sunday.
John 14. Day's len
gth
14 hours 26 minutes
Sund
23 Whit Sund.
9 22
1 9
^^20
3) in apogee
4
4 47
7 13
.7 28
11
Mond
24 Esther
10 27
1 37
i^ 1
Reg. sets 12 38
4
4 46
7 14
8 10
12
Tues
25 Urbanus
11 26
2 6
2^ 13
t) rises 1 16
3
4 45
7 15
8 53
13
Wed
26 Ember day
morn
2 37
^25
$ sets 10 13
3
4 45
7 15
9 38
14
Thur
27 Lucianus
12 14
3 9
« 8
Alt. rises 8 51
3
4 44
7 16
10 24
15
Frid
28 William
12 56
3 46
<li20
|l^9gr. H.L.N.
3
4 43
7 17
11 14
16
Satur
29 MaximiHan
1 36
4 26
m 3
lglMark.rll35
34 43
7 17
morn
17
22.) Trinity Sunday,
Sutid |§0 Wigand TTSli
Mondbl Manilius 2 54
John 8.
Pay's length 14 hours 36 minutes.
rises 1^ leizj. sets 8 21 I 314 4217 18|12 5118
8 46|j(|^ 291c? rises 1 11 n\ 314 41'? 19112 58119
Has 30 Days.
IT^
Lasl Quarter the 5th, at 11 o'clock 6 minutes in the
afteHioon.
|{e\»r Moon the 12th, at 7 o'clock, 52 minutes m
the afternoon.
First Quarter the 20th, at 2 o'clock, 31 minutes in
the afternoon. ,
Full Moon the ?8lh, at 8 o'clpck, 22 minutes in the
*.^»orning.
Conjecture of the Weather.
^ , Vhe 1st, 2d cloudy; 3d rain; 4lh cloudy; 5th,
o"i» '"> »»«v, oiv. oiv. oVi<]n(TcoKio- 10th clear;
u j ''ear: 7th, 8th, 9th changeable;
AT ,^4h showers; ISth*, 14th 15th, clear aud
loiri, loti|i'«
20th, 21 gW..
17th, 18th, 19th cloudy and
, oLu o"^> 21st, 22d clear; 23d, 24lh rain
clear; 26th, 27, ^j.^. ^gih dear; 26th, 27th, 28th
JOth clear; 31»t i . .-^g^^^ 3q^j^ clear and pleasant.
Supreme Coufi.-r
Court of Quarter Sessions & C^
Clairon
Chester
Clearfield
Juniata
Lehigh
l^ycoming
Susquehanna
Erie
Bradford
•Sjinbury 7
Jeffersof Common Pleas.
Monroe
M'Kean J*
Montgomery i*
Union
Westmoreland
Potter
Washington
Delaware
2f
24
24
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends, is held
in Cherry St. Meeting House, 2nd day after the
2nd First day in the fifth Month, (on the 11th.)
THE WAY OF THE WORLD.
"■'Sir, bring, me a good, plain dinner," said a
melancholy looking individual, to a waiter at
one of our principalhotels.
" Yes, sir."
The dinner was brought and devoured, and
the stranger called the landlord aside, and thus
addressed him:
" I AM KiLT."--Tn the attack on the fort of
Goyain, by Garwral Nottj during the last cam-
paign of the Affghan war, the Irish servant of
her Majesty's 40th had his head grazed by a
spent ball. It confused him for the moment,
and he exclaimed, " Och! somebody take my
piece! I'm kilt— I'm kilt— I'm kilt !" As tliey
were leading him off, he looked over his should-
er, and cried out, "Faith, boys, and I don't
think I'm ki\t entirely yet !" His second thought
called forth shouts of laughter.
Conscience vs. Stomach. — A starving man,
who had committed a theft, was asked by a pi-
ous person if his conscience had not cried out to
him, "Forbear?"
" Alas !" repHed he, " if it did, the cries of my
stomach were so much louder, that they pre-
vented me from hearing those of my conscience."
Principal and Interest. — A gentleman, em-
inent for his wit, being' hard pressed by one of
his impatient creditors for the principal and in-
terest of a debt, long incurred, made the following
facetious reply to a letter received:
" Dear Sir— In answer to your obliging favor,
I must take the liberty to inform you, that at
present, it is not my interest to pay the prin-
cipal, neither is it my principle to pay the
interest. I am> dear Sir, &c."
THE MOUSE IN LIQUOR.
Mr. Smith, the reformed drunkard from Lon-
don, apologized for much of the folly of drunk-
ards, by the following story of the Cat and the
Mouse: —
*^.^," A mouse ranging about a brewery, happen-
^iiVi ^^'^ '"*° onev^f the vats, was in imminent
" ^ "" of drowning, and appealed to a cat to
" Not K ^m^ -pj^g ^.jjj replied, it is a foolish
To-night yc ^g ^^^^ ^g j ggj yo,j q^,^ i ghall eat
and but for me,^yge pjteously replied, that fate
Congress." . ^^an to be drowned in beer.
Three years aftei out, but the fumes of the
became'a bankrupt, a.» sneeze; the mouse took
vieu. The poor dinneie cat called upon mousey
now a high functionary in .^l, did you not promise
well. The ways of Provide*, h!' replied mousey,
derful, and the world's mutaticuor at the timer
conception or belief.
18
The Seventh Month, or JULY--1847,
Week
Days.
T, 7 t7 r» Hisrh Moon
Remarkable Days. ^J^^ ^ ^ g
Moon's
Signs.
Aspects of Planets Sf
other Miscellanies.
Bun
Rises Sf Sets.
Moon \r3 «
South.\^S,
Thnr
Frid
Satur
1 Theobald
2 Visit V. M.
3 Cornelius
3 59 9 42 ^ 20 $ sets 10 1
4 40 10 20 S5 5 D in perigee
5 2410 5Q^ 19d' t) D, c^DO
3 4 36 7 24
44 36 7 24
4 4 37 7 23
2 2919
3 23 20
4 1621
27.)
5th Sunday after T
rinity.
Luke 5. Day's length
14 hours 46
minutes
Sund
4 Independ'ce
6 12
11 32
'^ 3
O in apogee
4
4 37
7 23
5 8
22
Mond
5 Demetrius
7 9
morn
fP^n
(^^^^
4
4 38
7 22
6 0
23
Tues
6 John Hubs
8 25
12 9
^ 1
^crrisesll47
4
4 38
7 22
6 53
24
Wed
7 Edelburga
9 50
12 47
^15
2). rises 3 44
4
4 38
7 22
7 46
25
Thnr
8 Aquila
11 7
1 29
^29
t, rises 10 22
5
4 39
7 21
8 39
2Q
Frid
9 Zeno
12 10
2 16
'^IS
$ sets 9 49
5
4 39
7 21
9 34
27
Satur
10 Israel
1 7
3 7
5^26
W DO "^
5
4 40
7 20
10 28
28
28.) 6th Sunday after Trinity.
Matt. 15.
Day's. length 14 hours 40 minutes.
Sund
Mond
Tues
Wed
Thur
Frid
Satur
11 Pius
12 Henry
13 Margareta
14 Bonavent
15 S with in
16 Hilary
17 Alexus
1 43
2 36
2 ^7
3 31
4 4
4 36
5 10
4 2
sets
8 3
8 38
9 11
9 41
10 9
m22-
<gC18
^ 0
^12
^24
^ great, elong. E.
^^IkLyra so 11 8
l|p'Rigelso915
Antaris so 8 49
^ rises 11 25
prises 3 17
4 42
4 43
4 43
4 44
11 22
12 14
1 3
1 50
2 35
3 19
4 1
29
30
1
2
3
4
5
29.)
7th Sunday after Trinity.
Mark 8. Day's length
14 hours 30 minutes
Sund
18 Maternus
5 48
10 39
^ 6
D in apogee
6,4 45
7 15
4 43
6
Mond
19 Ruffina
6 32
11 9
^ 17
$ sets 9 31
.6
4 45
7 15
5 26
7
Tues
20 Elija
7 24
11 41
^29
^D rises 9 33
sjrAltairsll44
6
4 46
7 14
6 10
8
Wed
21 Praxedes
8 31
morn
mn
6
4 47
7 13
6 56
9
Thur
22 Mary Mag.
9 48
12 17
<#.24
Fomal. so 2 49
6
4 48
7 12
7 45
10
Frid
23 Apollinaris
11 3
12 57
m 6
^ stationary
6
4 49
7 11
8 35
11
Satur 124 Christiana
morn
1 42
^19
^ stationary n
6
4 49
7 11
9 29
12
30.) 8th Sunday after Trinity.
Matt. 7.
Day's length 14 hours 20 minutes.
Sund
Mond
Tues
Wed
Thur
Frid
Satur
25 St. James
26 St. Ann
27 Martha
28 Pantaleon
29 Beatrix
30 Upton
31 Germanus
12 5
2 35
m 3
12 56
3 32
m 17
1 42
rises
^ 1
2 32
7 39
^15
3 5
8 20
3S 0
3 44
8 57
i3515
4 24
9 33
SS5 29
$ great, elong. E.
^ rises 10 58
^TJl? sets 9 15
^^2). rises 2 45
]) in perigee
Altairso 11 8
1) rises 8 49
10 25
11 21
morn
12 18
1 14
2 9
3 3
i
Has 31 Days.
19
MOON'S PHASES
Last Quarter the 5th, at 3 o'clock, 42 minutes in the
morning.
New Moon the 12th, at 6 o'clock, 37 minutes in
the morning.
First Quarter the 20th, at 7 o'clock, 52 minutes in
the morning,
Full Moon the 27th, at 5 o'clock 7 min, afternoon-
Conjecture of the Weather,
The 1st, 2d showers; 3d, 4th, 5th clear; 6th,
thunder and rain; 7th, 8th variable; 9th, clear;
10th, 11th, 12th pleasant; 13th, 14th cloudy;
15th rain; 16th, 17th, 18th changeable; 19th,
20th pleasant; 21st, 22d cloudy, 23d, 24th
clear; 25th rain; 26th, 27th pleasant; 28lh rain;
29th, 30th clear; 31st. cloudy.
Court of Quarter Sessions & Court of Common Pleas.
Schuylkill 19
A lady in town, scolded her black servant, the
other day, for some very careless act, when the
pious wench immediately ran into an adjoining
room, and was overheard praying: • oh! Lord,
raassa, come, come quick, and take me right out
ob dis worl ; if you can't come yourself, sen de
debbel, or somebody else.'
An Old Maid's Uh of July Toast.— Onr
Country: Like an old maid, may it ever boast of
its freedom and independence, happy in its
present state, yet ever looking forward, with
pleasing anticipation to a change for the better,
strictly guarding her virtues with a patriotic eye,
and when Union is called for, ever ready to pre-
sent her heart and hand.
The Number Seven.
The number Seven, in bygone days, was
used on almost every occasion, in some way or
another. Among the Jews, seven was considered
a number of perfection. Indeed, the Scriptures,
particularly the old Testament, abound with in-
stances wherein a great number of events are set
forth by the number seiren. Some of the most
important occasions on which the number seven
was used, I have selected : —
After the creation, tie 7th day was conse-
crated to rest; each we3k consisted of 7 days,
(this number still makes the week;) the 7th year
was directed to be a Sabbath for all things; every
7th year the land lay fallow; every 7lh year the
law was directed to be ead unto the people; Ja-
cob served Laban 7 yesrs for his daughter; La-
ban pursued Jacob 7 days journey; Noah had 7
days warning of the food; and he was com-
manded to take the fows and c/ean beasts into
the ark by sevens; Phaoah dreamed of 7 fat and
7 lean beasts, to whici succeeded 7 years of
plenty, and 7 years of fem/ne; the blood was to
be sprinkled 7 times or the alter; the house of
wisdom, mentioned in Proverbs, had 7 pillars;
Nebuchadnezzer's furrace was heated 7 times
hotter than usual, for 3hadrach, Meshach and
Abednego. The Jevvi^ law commands man to
forgive his offending brrther 7 times, but Christi-
anity commands him tc forgive the ofTences of
his brother 70 times 7. Job's friends sat with
him 7 days and 7 night; King Ahasuerus feast-
ed 7 days; Solomon \vis 7 years building the
temple, at the dedicatioi of which he feasted 7
days; " Jesus of Nazarrth " spake 7 times from
the cross, on which he emained 7 hours. Per-
feotion is likened to god 7 times purified in the
fire. In the old and Nevi Testaments are enumer-
ated 7 resurrections, th* last of which was Jeais
Christ. So far the Scriptures.
In 7 months a chil(2 may be born, and not be-
fore: in the 7th moiHh children's teeth appeal,
and are shed and renewed in the 7th year.
In 1776 the grfeat spirit of republicanism
inspired the American people, and after a
protracted war of 7 years, achieved the In-
dependence of our beloved comtry, and it will
remain 70 times 7 and forever, free and
independent if the people be sober, industri-
ous, virtuous, upright, honest and/ true, and, at
the same time, " asking for noth^g that is not
strictly right, and submitting to /nothing that
is wrong."
20
The Eighth Month, or AUGUST— 1847,
Week
Days.
Remarkable Dai^s. ^y^^^
Moon Moon's Aspects of Planets 8^
R.^S. Signs.
other Miscellanies.
Sun
I Rises ^Sets. South.
Moon -3 >,
31.) 9th Sunday afted Trinity
Luke 16.
Day's length 14 hours 6 minutes.
Sund
Mond
Tues
Wed
Thur
Frid
Satur
1 Lam. day
2 Stephen
Augustus
Dominick
Oswald
A. of Christ
Godfrey
5 6
5 33
6 49
8 2
9 26
10 45
11 51
10 11
10 50
11 31
morn
12 15
1 3
1 56
ff«28
^26
5^ 9
^23
m 6
$ sets 9 4
cT rises 2 24
2J. rises 2 24
t) rises 8 29 vj
Lyra so 9 30
6
4 57
7 3
3 56
6
4 57
7 3
4 49
6
4 58
7 2
5 43
6
4 59
7 1
6 36
6
5 1
6 59
7 30
6
5 2
6 58
8 24
6
5 3
6 57
9 17
20
21
22
23
24
25
lOth Sunday aftf Trinity.
Luke 19.
Day's length 13 hours 52 minutes.
8 Emily
9 Ericus
10 St.Lavvre'
11 Titus
Clara
Hildebert
14 Eusebia
12 42
1 24
2 0
2 35
3 5
3 37
4 7
2 51
3 48
sets
7 10
7 42
8 12
8 41
>■€ 19
<e€14
1!20
^ great. H. L. S.
Altair so 10 29
^1^$ sets 8 40
Ngpc^ rises 10 16
2). rises 2 0
t) rises 7 57
^ in apogee c/ $ D
5 10
6 5Q
6 55
6 54
6 53
6 53
6 52
6 51
10 827
10 5828
11 45
12 31
1 15
1 58
2 40
29
30
31
1
2
I Ifh Sunday afte
Trinity.
Luke 18.
Day's length 13 hours 38 minutes.
15 Assn. V.
16 Rochus
17 Bertram
18 Agapelus
19 Sebaldus
20 Bernard
21 Rebecca
4 40
5 14
5 54
6 44
7 45
9 3
10 27
9 11
9 42
10 15
10 53
11 35
morn
12 23
2S«i 14
)^^ 2Q
^27
Antaris so 10 6
Fomos so 1 11
^ stationary
$ sets 8 18
^ rises 9 55
Spi. sets 9 56
t) rises 7 23 n
11:6 49
3 23
13 6 48
4 6
146 46
4 50
15 6 45
5 37
16 6 44
6 25
176 43
7 16
186 42
8 10
12th Sunday afte
Trinity.
Mark 7.
Day's length 13 hours 22 minutes.
22 Philibert
23 Zaccjieus
24 St. Barthol
25 Ludojvicus
2Q Samijel
27 Gebhkrd
28 St.Ahgus'e
11 40
morn
12 37
1 24
2 7
2 48
3 27
1 17
2 18
3 23
4 33
rises
7 30
8 9
^25
^ 9
^24
^24
ff« 9
2J. rises 1 30
Arcturusso 1111
Alioth so 2 38
^^^gr.elonW.
^j/$ in aphelion
3) in perigee
^wi
20
21
22
23
24^
26
21
6 41
6 39
6 38
6 37
6 36
6 35
6 33
9 5
10
10 1
11
10 58
12
11 54
13
morn
14
12 50
15
1 46
16
13lh Sunday after Trinity.
Luke 10.
Day's length 13 hours 4 minutes.
29 Johiibehed,
30 Benjamin
31 Paulina
4 7
8 48|^ 22|
4 50
9 29
^ 8
5 37
10 14
^22
$ sets 7 45
^ rises 9 22
^ in perihelion
28
29
30
2 41117
3 36
4 31
Has 31 Days.
21
twenty-three years, the people have been in a
state of civil warfare, contention aud ruin — and
then let us ask, " Who wonld not be an Ameri-
can citizen?"
MOON'S PHASES.
Last Quarter the 3d, at 8 o'clock, 59 min. in the
morning ,
New moon the 10th, at 7 o'clock, 28 minutes in the
afternoon.
First Quarter the 19th, at 12 o'clock, 1 minute in
the morning'.
Full Moon the 25th, at 1 o'clock, 9 minutes in the
morning'.
Conjecture of the Weather.
. The 1st rain; 2d, 3d, 4th very warm; 5th rain'
6th, 7th, 8th, dry and warm; 9th, 10th, 11th
variable, want of rain; 12th, clear; 13th rain:
14th, 15th pleasant: 16th, 17lh cloudy: 18th,
19th clear: 20th rain: 21st, 22d, 23d clear; 24th
rain: 25lh, 26th, 27th, 28th variable: 29ih clear:
30th, 31st cloudy.
Court of Quarter Sessions & Court of Common Pleas.
Clarion .... I 3
Berks, Chesterj Erie, Lebanon, Luzerne, Mif-
flin, Northumberland, Ferry, York - 4
Crawford, Cumberland, Franklin, Huntingdon 11
Columbia, Dauphin, Lancaste;r, Montgomery,
Northampton, Washington, Westmoreland - 18
Adams, Bedford, Centre, Delaware, - 25
Pike - - - - - 26
Think of it. — Americans are sometimes
prone to fault-find about their own condition.
Let them reflect that in France laborers do not
average 12 cents per day for their toil. In
England, thousands on thousands labor in the
coal mines, and never see the light of day — men,
women and children ! In some of the British
Provinces, thousands on thousands are kept in
abject dependence, the sport and pray of trading
monopolies ; and that nearer home, in Peru, for
Take the, other hand. — It was one of the first
s of Spring, when a lady who had b&en
watching by the sick-bed of her mother,for some
weeks, went out to take a little exercise and en-
joy the fresh air. She hoped that she might hear
a bird sing, or see some little wild flower which
would speak to her of her future hopes, for her
heart was full of anxiety and sorrow. After
walking some distance she came to a ropewalk.
She was familiar with the place and entered. At
one end of the building, she saw a little boy
turning a large wheel ; she thought it too labori-
ous for such a child, and as she came near, she
spoke to him. " Who sent you to this place?"
she asked " Nobody; I came of myself." hoes
your father know that you are here!" " I have
no father.' 'Are you paid for your labour V 'Yes;'
and I get ninepence a day." " What do you do
with your money 1" " I give it all to my mo-
ther." " Do you like this work?" " Well
enough ; but if I did not, I should do it that I
might get the money for my mother." " How
long do you work in the day?" " From nine till
eleven in the morning, and from two till five in
the afternoon." " How old are you?" " Almost
nine." " Do you never get tired of turning this
great wheel?" "Yes; sometimes." "And what do
you do then?' ' I take the other hand.' The lady
gave him a piece of money. ♦ Is this for mother?'
he asked, looking pleased. 'No, it's for yourself.*
^ Pensioner. — " You ought to have a pen-
sion," said a wag to an unfortunate who was in
the habit of taking a drop too much. " How so?"
inquired red eye. " Why, you fell at the battle*
of Brandy fVine.^^
W^^ *' Does Mr. Hobson keep Lent ?" « Most
certainly; whatever is lent to him, he is sure
to keep.^^
• Annexatiow AND War? ' cxclaimed a pert old
maid with a shrill voice; ' that's tnie, every'word of it,
for no sooner do you get maried than you begin to
FIGHT?'
22
The Ninth Month, or SEPTEMBER--1847,
Week
High
Moon
Moon's
Aspects of Planets Sf
^■^
Sun
Moon
Tiel
Days.
Water.
R.S^S.
Signs.
other Miscellanies.
^S
Rises ^Sets.
South.
5^
Wed
1 Egedius
6 32
11 2
^ 6
/^$ sets 7 30
^
5 32
6 28
5 26
20
Thur
2 Eliza
7 38
11 53
^20
^J^D O vj
CO
5 33
6 27
6 20
21
Frid
3 Mansuetus
8 5Q
morn
>^ 3
c? rises 9 9
1
5 34
6 26
7 13
22
Satur
4 Moses
10 28
12 47
^16
c/Zj-D
1
5 36
6 24
8 5
23
36.) 14th^Sunday after Trinity,
S^d
Luke 17.
Day's length 12 hours 46 minutes.
Mond
Tues
Wed
Thur
Frid
Satur
5 Nathaniel
6 Magnus
7 Regina
8 Nat. V. M.
9 Bruno
10 Pulcheria
11 Protus
11 28
1 44
»^28
12 19
2 41
•firii
12 59
3 37
'ff S3
1 36
4 35
^ 5
2 9
sets
^117
2 39
6 43
^29
3 9
7 14
2^11
2|. rises 12 40
i) south 114
Lyra so 8 31
$ sets 7 1
Alt. so 8 37
$ stationary
3) in perigee
15 37
6 23
8 55
2 5 38
6 22
9 43
25 39
6 21
10 29
25 41
6 19
11 13
35 42
6 18
11 56
3;5 43
6 17
12 37
3 5 44
6 16
1 21
24
25
26
21
28
29
30
37.)
1 5th Sunday after
Trinity.
Matt. 6
Day's length
12 hours 28 minutes
.
Sund
12 J. Wickliffe
3 40
7 44
Js'JB ^'^
cf ris-es 8 39
4
5 46
6 14
2 331
Mond
13 Amatus
4 12
8 17
m 4
2j. rises 12 20
4
5 47
6 13
2 47
I
Tues
14 El. H.Cross
4 47
8 52
<#il6
t) so 11 10
4
5 48
6 12
3 32
2
'Wed
15 EiTQber day
5 26
9 31
m28
Fomal. so 11 9
5
5 50
6 10
4 19
3
Thur
16 Nicetas
6 12
10 15
S^lOcT south 11 13
5
5 51
6 9
5 8
4
Frid
17 Lazarus
7 8
11 6
m22
^?gr.H.L.S.
s^Spicas82n
5
5 52
6 8
5 59
5
Satur
18 Siegifred
8 25
morn
m 6
6
5 54
6 6
6 52
6
38.)
16th Sunday after Trinity.
Luke
7. Day's length
12 hours 10 minutes
.
Sund
19 Micleta
9 52
12 1
^19
^ in sup. c/ 0
6
5 55
6 5
7 46
7
Mond
20 Jonas
11 9
1 2
^ 3
$ sets 6 4
7
5 56
6 4
8 41
8
Tues
21 St. Matthew
morn
2 8
^17
cT rises 8 6
7
5 57
6- 3
9 37
9
Wed
22 Maurice
12 13
3 19
prises 11 48
7
5 59
6 1
10 33
10
Thur
23 Josea
1 3
4 29
3S17
cfh 2), Sun en. Li.
8
6 0
6 0
11 28
11
Frid
24 St. John CO.
1 47
rises
fP* 2
^Thl) in perigee
8
6 1
5 59
morn
12
Satur
25 Cleopas
2 30
6 41
^17
^^Lyraso613
8
6 3|5 57
12 25
13
39.)
7th Sunday after Trinity.
Luke 14. Day's length 11 hours 52 minutes
Sund
26 Justin
3 10
7 22;^, 2
t) so 10 20
96 4
5 56
1 22
14
Mond
27 Cosmus
3 51
8 9^17
c/^$, c/<?3)
96 5
5 55
2 19
15
Tues
28 Winceslaus
4 35
8 56.5^ 2
^ rises 7 37
96 7
5 53
3 16
16
Wed
29 St. Michael
5 20
9 47|^ 16
$ sets 5 18
106 8
5 52
4 12
17
Thur
30 Jerome
6 11
10 4.^^ 29
Fom. so 10 10^
10,6 9
5 51
5 7
18
Has 30 Days.
23
MOON'S PHASES.
Last Quarter the 1st, at 4 o'clock, 13 minutes in
the afternoon.
New Moon the 9th, at 10 o'clock, 46 minutes in
the morning*.
First Quarter the 17th, at 2 o'clock, 20 minutes in
afternoon.
Full Moon the 24th, at 9 o'clock, 25 minutes in the
the morning.
Conjecture of the Weather.
. The 1st, 2d pleasant ; 3d, 4th cloudy; 5th
warm and sultry; 6th thunder; 7th, 8ih, 9ih
cloudy, rainy;' 10th clear; 11th, 12th, 13th
pleasant; 14th, 15th cloudy; 16th, 17th rainy;
18th, 19th pleasant ; 20th, 21st, 22d change-
able; 23d, 24th cloudy, rainy; 25th, 26th clear;
27th, 28lh cloudy; 29lh, 30lh clear.
Court of Quarter Sessions & Court of Cemmon Pleas.
Reaver, Fayette, Susquehanna, Warren, Wayne 6
Hradford, Bucks, Butler, Jefferson - 13
Union, Armstrong, Green, M'Kean, Monroe,
Philadelphia . - - - 20
Indiana, Potter - - - - 27
AGTtlCU LTURAL.
THINGS A FARMER SHOULD|NOT DO.
' A farmer should never undertake to cultivate
more land than he can do thoroughly; half tilled
land will become poorer, until good for nothing
except to starve on ; well tilled land is constant-
ly improving, and will pay ten fold by good
manuring.
A farmer should never keep more cattle.
horses, sheep or hogs, than he can keep in good
order ; an animal in high order the first of De-r
; cember, is already half wintered.
A farmer never should depend on his neigh-
bour for what he can by care and good manage-
ment produce on his own farm; he should never
borrow tools while he can make or buy ; a high
authority has said, the borrower is^ servant to
the lender.
A farmer should never be so immersed in po-
litical matters, as to forget to sow his wheat, dig
his potatoes, and bank up his sellar; n r should
he be so inattentive to them as to remain igno-
rant of those great questions of national and state
policy which will always agitate, more or less,
a free people.
No farmer should allow the reproach of neg-
lecting education to lie against himself and family;
all should be early taught the common rudiments
of education; which is extremely necessary, es-
\ pecially in a republic like ours.
TO THE FARMER.
\ It will be of interest to American farmers io
\ learn, from a letter dated Liverpool, Oct. 2, (in
I Bicknell's Reporter) that much American butter
j has been sold (or 5 and 6 cents in England, which
'( might have brought three times that amount but
; for the bad management in putting it up.
\ " The consumption of butter in London alone
5 is estimated at 20,000 tons annually, of which
J nearly one-half is imported from Holldud and
\ Germany, paying nearly 5 cents perpound duty.
\ That foreigners are able to pay this duty, and
\ drive the English and Irish farmers from their
\ own markets, is the result entirely of superior
\ management in manufacture. This same ad-
\ vantage might be pursued by the farmers of the
\ United States.
< " Annatto is used to give a good rich yellew
\ colour to the butler. // is cured best for keep-
ing by a mixture of fine loaf sugar and salt
powdered in the proportion of 4 ounces of the
former to half a pound of the latter, and used in
the proportion of an ounce to a pound of butter..
To preserve Eggs.—Egge, it is said, may
\ be preserved good for a year, if kept in lime
] water salted.
24
The Tenth Month, or OCTOBER— 1847,
If^^^ I Remarkable Days.
Days. I -^
High I Moon Moon's Aspects of Planets ^ ^i
Water.lR.SfS. Signs
other Miscellanies^
Sun
fe Rises S^ Sets.
Moon \^ ^
South, p^
Frid
Satur
1 Remigius
2 Ch.Columb.
7 10
8 25
11 39
morn
^ 13
m25
^ rises 7 24
Spica so 7 7
6 11
5 12
5 49
5 48
19
20
40.) 18th Sunday after Trinity.
Matt, 22.
Day's length 11 hours 34 minutes.
Sund
Mond
Tues
Wed
Thur
Frid
Satur
Jairus
Franciscus
Placidus
Fides
Amelia
8 Pelagius
9 St. Deny's
9 42
12 35
<f? 8
10 50
1 33
^20
11 46
2 29
^ 2
12 31
3 26
^ 14
1 7
4 20
^26
1 40
5 15
^^5 ^
2 13
sets
S% 19
jininf.c/O
2J. rises 1111
2 rises 6 1
t, so 9 38
Algen. so 10 58
iillv D in perigee
11
6 13
5 47
7 40
11
6 14
5 46
8 27
11
6 16
5 44
9 11
12
6 17
5 43
9 55
12
6 18
5 42
.10 37
12
6 20
5 40
11 19
13
6 21
5 39
12 2
21
22
23
24
25
26
41.)
19th Sunday after Trinity.
Matt.
9. Day's length
11 hours 16
minutes
.
Sund
10 Gereon
2 45
6 18
m 1
c/^2)
13
6 22
5 38
12 46
28
Mond
11 Burkhard
3 17
6 53
«13
$ rises 5 20
13
6 24
5 36
1 30
29
Tues
12 Veritas
3 41
7 31
«ii25
c^ rises 6 33
13
6 25
5 35
2 17
30
Wed
13 Colomon
4 25
8 13
<f$ '''
4-n O
14
6 26
5 34
3 5
1
Thur
14 Fortunata
5 4
9 0
m2o
2|. rises 10 33 r\
14
6 21
5 33
3 54
2
Frid
15 Hedwick
5 50
9 52
m 2
t> south 9 01
14
6 29
5 31
4 45
3
Satur
16 Gallus
6 44
10 50
mi5
Algen. so 10 23
14
6 30
5 30
5 37
4
42.)
20th Sunday after Trinity.
Matt. 22. Day's length
10 hours 58 minutes
. -
Sund
17 Florentine
7 53
11 52
^28
'^Orion r. 9 34
^2|.ini^
15
6 31
5 29
6 30
5
Mond
18 St. Luke Ev
9 14
morn
^1^
15
6 33
5 27
7 23
6
Tues
19 Ptolemy
10 37
12 57
^.26
$ rises 4 31
15
6 34
5 26
8 17
7
Wed
20 Felicianus
11 45
2 5
as 10
$ rises 5 54
15
6 35
5 25
9 11
8
Thur
21 Ursula
morn
3 18
3£25
$ stationary
15
6 36
5 24
10 6
9
Frid
22 Cordula
12 42
4 28
^10
^:$|Ant. s 11 52
15
6 38
5 22
11 2
10
Satur
23 Severinus
1 28
rises
•^25
^£^^ in perigee
16
6 39
5 21
morn
11
43.) 21st Sunday after Trinity.
John 4.
Day's length 10 hours 40 minutes.
Sund
Mond
Tues
Wed
Thur
Frid
Satur
24 Salome
25 Crispin
26 Amandus
27 Sabina'
28 Simon Jude
29 Zuinglius
30 Serapion
2 12
5 55
^10
2 51
6 44
m25
3 35
7 35
^10
4 17
8 30
-^24
5 02
9 27
\^ 8
5 52
10 25
^2\
6 42
11 23
^ 4
Sirius rises 11 18
2|. rises 9 53
$ rises. 3 57
^ rises 5 18
t) so8 8
cPcTO
16,6 40
166 41
16 6 42
166 44
166 45
20
19
18
16
15
166 46!5 14
166 47I5 13
12 0
12 58
1 57
2 55
3 51
4 45
5 35
44.) 22d Sunday after Trinity.
Matt. 18.
Day's length 10 hours 22 minutes.
Sund 131 Wolfgang | 7 43|morn|<^ 17|7*'s so 12 0 |16|6 49|5 11| 6 24|19
Has 31 Days.
35
MOON'S PHASES.
Last Quarter the 1st, at 2 o'clock 32 min. in the mor.
New Moon the 9th, at 4 o'clock^ 6 min. in the mor.
First Quarter the i7th, at 2 o'clyck, 40 min. mor..
Full Moon the 23fl, at 6 o'clock, 35 min. in the aft'n.
Last Quarter the 30th at 4 o'clock, 55 min. in.the afi'n.
Conjecture of the Weather.
The 1st, 2d, 3d clear.- 4th rain; 5th, 6th,
7th variable; 8th, 9th clear.- 10th, 11th, 12th
changeable; 13th, 14th clear ; 15th, 16th 17th
changeable ; 18th rain ; 19th clear 20th,
21st, 22d stormy; 23d, 24th clear ; 25th, 26th
rainy; 27lh clear ; 28th, 29th, 30lh changea-
ble ; 31st clear.
Court of Quarter Sessions & Court of Common Pleas.
Cambria ---.--. 5
Mercer, Schuylkill, Tioga .... 18
Alleghany, Venango .... 25
Wintering Sheep. — There is one subject
which has as yet received but little attention from
our farmers— it is that of providing suitable sheds
for the protection of sheep from the winter cold.
Now we are aware that many farmers consider
this as wholly unnecessary, and believe that
sheep, with their thick coats of wool, would be
no more benefitted by shelter, than the down-
clad animals of the Arctic regions. But this is
a great error. Who has not observed them, on
the approach of severe weather, carefully seek-
ing what feeble protection they could obtain
from the storm by the side of stacks, or under
open fences 1 Would they do this if it did not
contribute to their comfort. Certainly not. in
those countries in Europe which grow large
quantities of the finest wool, strict attention is
given to this subject, and sheep are not only
sheltered every night, but whenever weather de-
mands it during the day; and this is also said to
be essentially necessaryin preserving the quality
and fineness of the wool. _
Feeding of Poultry. ...Prokssor Gregory, of
Aberdeen, in a letter to a friend, observes — ' As
I suppose you keep poultry, I may tell yon that
it has been ascertained that if you mix with their
food a sufficient quantity of egg-shells r r chalk,
which they eat greedily, they will lay. twice or
thrice as many eggs as before. A well-fed fowl
is disposed to lay a vast number of eggs, but can-
not do so without the materjuls for the shells,
however nourishing in other respects her food
may be; indeed a fowl fed on food and water,
free from carbonate of lime, and not finding any
in the soil, or in the shape of mortar, which they
often eat off the walls, would lay no eggs at all
with the best will in the world.
Dairy Secret. — Have ready two pans in
boiling water ; and on the new milk's coming to
the dairy, take the hot pans out of the water, put
the milk into one of them, and cover it with the
other. This will occasion great augmentation
in the thickness of the cream.
Cure/or a Burn.— Scrape the inside of a po-
tatoe ; mix sweet-oil and turpentine, one spoon
full of each, so as to make a poultice of the mix-
ture, apply it to the burn immediately, and it
will extract the heat, and if the burn be very large,
and in great danger of increased inflamation,
change the poultice every half-hour.
Plants in rot/;s.— Experienced agriculturists
state that plants, whether in garden, field or for-
est, if in rows, should be placed in the direction
of north and south, in order to admit the sun*«
rays, on both sides of the row.
To preserve Young Young Trees in Nur-
series ^ SfC, from Rabbits, Mice, and Moles. —
Take any quantity of tar, and six or seven times
as much grease, stirring and mixing them well
together ; with this composition brush the stems
of young trees as high as rabbits &c. can reachj
and it will prevent their being barked.
96
The Eleventh Month, or NOVEMBER— 1847,
Week
Remarkable Days.
Hiffh
.Moon
Moon's
Aspects of Planets 4*
^^
Sun
ilfoon
■"V
Days.
Water.
R.SfS.
Signs.
ofAcr Miscellanies .
S-
Rises ^Sets.
South.
o6
Monjd
1 All Saints
8 5l
12 21
<f^29
$ rises 3 35
16
6 50
5 10
7 9,20
TU€S
2 All Souls
10 3
1 18
^.111
^ so 11 30
16
6 51
5 9
7 5321
Wed
3 Theophilus
11 1
2 14
^23
1}. rises 9 18
16
6 52
5 8
8 35,22
Thur
4 Charlotte
11 53
3 11
j^ 5
^ in perigee
16
6 53
5 7
9 1823
Frid
5 Malachias
12 36
4 6
^ 16
^ gr. elong. E.
16
6 54
5 6
10 024
Satur
6 Leonard
1 12
5 -1
2^28
t) so 7 32
16
6 55
5 5
10 4325
45.) 23d Sunday after Trinity.
Matt. 22.
Day's length 10 hours 6 minutes.
Sund
Mond
Tues
Wed
Thur
Frid
Satur
7 Englebert
8 Cecelia
9 Theodore
rO Mart. Luth.
11 P. Melanc'n
12 Jonas
13 Winebert
1 47
2 22
2 56
3 22
4 8
4 48
5 :
5 37
sets
6 12
6 57
7 48
8 44
9 43
<^10
^22
m 4
^17
^12
m25
0ml\- stationary
1^11$ at gr. bril.
Ariet. so 10 41
t) stationary
2 rises 3 16 n
c? so 10 39
Sirius so 10 3
167
167
16,7
6 57
6 58
6 59
7 0
1
3
2
1
0
59
58
57
11 2826.
12 1427
1 228
1 5129
2 42 30
3 34 31
4 26] 1
46.) 24th Sunday after Trinity. Matt. 9. Day's length 9 hours 52 minutes.
Sund
14 Levinus
6 33
10 45
^ 8iL rises 8 33
15
7 4
4 56
5 17
2
Mond
15 Leopold
7 23
11 51
^22
^'gl^ stationary
vJP't) so 6 53
15
7 5
4 55
6 9
3
Tues
16 Ottomar
8 37
morn
3*; 6
15
7 6
4 54
7 1
4
Wed
17 Alpheus
10 3
12 59
35? 20
^ south 10 14
15
7 7
4 53
7 53
5
Thur
18 Gelasius
11 18
2 7
^ 4
7*'s so 11 45 -
15
7 8
4 52
8 47
61
Frid
19 Elizabeth
morn
3 16
ff«19
^i^Sl
14
7 9
4 51
9 421 7
Satur
20 Amos
12 18
4 27
^4
I) in perigee
14
7 10
4 50110 39i 8
47.) 25th Sunday after Trinity.
Matt. 24.
Day's length 9 hours 38 minutes.
Sund
Mond
Tues
Wed
Thur
Frid
Satur
21 Off. V. M.
22 Alphonsus
23 Clement
24 Chrisogenes
25 Catharine
26 Conrad
27 Jo^o^hat
1 8
1 54
2 38
3 20
4 1
4 42
5 32
5 39
rises
6 13
7
8 10
9 10
10 10
^19
3
^18
■ 2
W^16
<m 0
io»^
$ riseg 3 9
■>4. rises 8 2
Al.so7 54^
c^ so 9 42
t) south 6 14
<^ 12^ perihelion
127
11,4
124
124
134
144
15:4
164
11
371
morn
12
36
1
34
2
31
■3 25|
4
161
48.) 1st Sunday in Advent.
Matt. 21,
Day's length 9 hours 28 minutes.
Sund
Mond
Tues
28 Guntherus
29 Saturn
|30 St. Andrew
711 9
57 morn
56,12 6
<m25
^ 7
^19
$ rises 3 9
7 16j4 44
7 1714 43
7 18'4 42
5 4
5 49
6 32
HasSODrtys.
27
MOON'S PHASES.
New Moon the 7th. at 10 o'clock, JOmin. in the afl'n.
First Quarter the 15ih, at 1 o'clock, 14 min. after'n.
Full Moon the 2Jcl, at 5 o'clock, 4 min. nwrning.
JLast Quarter the 29th, at 1 1 o'clock, 21 min. morning.
Conjecture of the Weather.
The 1st, 2d variable : 3d, 4th cloudy, with
rain; 5th, 6th, 7ih pleasant; 8th, 9ih cloudy;
10th, 11th, 12ih pleasant; 13th, 14ih variable j*
15ih, 16ih clear; 17th, 18ih, 19th, 20th cloudy;
21st, 22d clear; 23d, 24th, 25ih changeable;
26th, 27th clear : 28th, 29ih, 30th cloudy,
rainy.
to them. Sh'e therefore, locked the children in-
to the room, |n'd snatched her bed-clothes, lest
they should lieep the contagion behind her, and
left the house. She even denied herself the sad,
pleasure of a last embrace. O think of the heroism >
that enabled her to conquer her feelings, and
leave home and all she loved— to die. Her old'
est child saw her from the window. "Good-bye,
mother," said he, with the tenderest tone, for he
wondered why his mother left them so strange-
ly. " Good bye, mother," repeated the young-
est child, stretching his littk hand out of the
window. The mother paused. Her heart was
drawn towards her children, and she was on the
point of rushing back. She struggled l\ard while '
the tears rolled down her cheeks, at the sight of
her helpless babes. At length she turned from
them. The children continued to cry, " Good-
bye mother." The sounds sent a thrill of anguish
to her heart, but she passed on to the house of
those who were to bury her. In two days she
died,recommeiiding her husband and children to
their care with her dying b^"""*^
Court of Quarter Sessions & Court of Common Pleas.
Berks, Chester, Erie, Lebanon, Luzerne, Mifflin,
Nortl.umberland, Perry, Yoik - . - 1
Clarion - - 3
Crawfoid, Cumberland; Franlslin, Huntingdon,
Washington 8
Columbia, Dauphin, Lancaster, Montgomery, North.
ampton, Susquehanna, Wayne, Westmor«land 15
Adams, Bedford Centre. Delaware, - - 22
Pike - - " 23
Beaver^ Clearfield, Lehigh, Lycoming, Somerset 29
Ji Mother's Dying Love.— The plague broke
out in a little Italian village. In one house the
children^were taken first. The whole family
fled. 0n the opposite side of the way, livfed the
family of a poor laborer, who was absent the
\\\\o\e week, only coming home Satur«!ay
night to bring his scanty earnings. His^wife
fell herself attacked by the fever in the niglit. In
the morning she was much worse, and before
night the plague spot showed itself. She thought
of the terrible fate of her neighbors. She knew
she must die, but, as she looked upon hei* dear
little boys, she resolved fiot to commuicate death
28
The Twelfth Month, or DECEMBER— 1847,
Week
Days.
Wed
Thur
Frid
Satur
Remarkable Days. ^^|^^
1 Longinus
2 Candidus
3 Cassianus
4 Barbara
Moon
R.SfS.
9 1
10 9
11 8
11 58
1 1
1 57
2 53
3 48
Moon's Aspects of Planets Sf «i
^^ 13
^ 25
^ 6
other Miscellanies.
Sun
fa Rises Sf Sets.
$ rises 3 10
I) n apogee
^ stationary
^ south 11 20
7 18
7 19
7 20
7 20
42
41
40
40
Moon
South.
7 15
7 57
8 40
9 23
19
20
21
22
49.)
Sund
Mond
Tues
Wed
Thur
Frid
Satur
2d Sunday in Advent.
12 43
Luke 21.
Day's length 9 hours 18 minutes.
5 Abigail
6 Nicholas
7 Agathon
8 Co. V.Mary
9 Joachim
10 Judith
11 Barsabas
1 24
2 3
2 39
3 17
3 55
4 34
4 45
5 41
sets
5 42
6 38
7 36
8 39
«i6l9
<^ 1
^13
^ 9
m2
^ 5
^ stationary
Aldeb. so 11 23
0h^ gr.H.L.N
^^llz). ris. 8 59 n
t) south 7 20
Arie. so. 10 37
$ rises 3 17
9
7 21
9
7 21
8
7 22
8
7 22
7
7 23
7
7 23
7
7 23
4 39,
4 39
4 38
4 38'
4 37|
4 37
4 371
10 923
10 5724
11 4625
12 3826
1 3027
2 2228
3 1529
50.)
Sund
Mond
Tues
3d Sunday in Advent.
*Matt. 11/
Day's length 9 hours 12 minutes.
12 Otilia
13 Lucy
14 Was'n. died
5 15
6 1
6 57
8 8
9 42^19^80 10 39
10 49
11 a
Sl6
^ 0
Capella so 11 34
~ $ gr. El. W.
2\. rises 8 30
^ perihelion
Rigelso 11 20
D in perigee
24
24
24
25
4 36
4 36
4 36
4 35
2514 35
254 35
254 35
4 7
4 58
5 49
6 40
7 32
8 26
9 22
Day's length 9 hours 10 minutes.
t) SO 6 41
$ rises 3 27
^^cT so 9 58
7*'s so 9 28
2|. rises 7 54
Aide, so 10 8
3 7 25
21 25
2 7 25
17 25
1,7 25
£-7 25
§i7 25
4 35
4 35
4 35
4 35
4 35
4 35
4 35
10 19
11 17
morn
12 15
1 10
2 4
2 54
J? so 9 33
D so 6 11
$ rises 3 38
CD in apogee
0 in perigee' 3
Orion so. 11 8 3
Day's length 9 hours 10 minutes.
35
7 25
7 25
7 25
7 24
7 24
7 24
4 36
4 36
4 36
3 42114
4'27|l5
5 10,16
5 53:17
6 3518
7 1819
Has 31 Days.
:29
New
First
Full
Last
MOON'S FHA-SES.
Quarter the 14th^ at 10 o'clock j 25 min. after'W.
Moon the 21st, at 5 o'clock, 7 min. in the aft'n.
Quarter the 29th, at 8 o'clock 47 min. mor.
Conjecture of the Weather.
of all kinds — a habit of living within one's in-
come, and saving something for extraordinary-
occasions — an ability arising from rational econo-
my to defray all necessary and expedient ex-
penses— a habit of good humour, and aptitude
to be pleased rather than offended — a prepara-
tion for adversity—love of one's family — sincer-
ity to'4riends — ^evolence to mankind — and
real piety to God^
The 1st, 2d, 3d, pleasant. 4th, 5th, 6th Tth
variable. 8th, 9th, lOih clear. 11th snow. 12th
clear. 13th, 14th, 15th cold. 16th, 17th cloudy.
18th clear. 19th, 20th stormy. 21st, 22d, 23d
rain. 24th 25th, 26th, 27th mostly clear, 28ih
29th, 30th variable. 31st rain.
Supreme Cowr^— Philadelphia 20.
Court K)f Quarter Sessions & Court of Common Pleas.
Fayette^ Juniata, Philadelphia ... 5
Armstrong-, Bradford, Bucks, Butler, Jefferson^,
Union_, Monroe - - - - - -1,1
Greene^ M'Keen, Schuylkill - - - - 20
Alleghany^ Indiana^ Mercerv Potter, Warren 27
" Friend Franklin,^' said Myers Fisher, a
celebrated Quaker lawyer of Philadelphia, one
day, " thee knows almost every thing; can thee
tell me how I am to preserve my small beer in
the back yard ? my neighbours are tapping it of
nights."
" Put a barrel of old Madeira by the side of it,"
replied the Doctor; " let them but get a taste of
the Madeira, and I will engage they will never
trouble thy small beer any more.
Solid Comfort may be copiously derived
from the following sources : a quiet concience —
health-liberty-one's time is one's own; or if not,
usefully, innocently and moderately employed
by others—a freedom from inordinate passions
-Dr. Benjamin Franklin.
Marks of Wisdom. — Dr. Franklin used to
say, «that he could distinguish a wise man from
a fool, by the following marks : Moderation in
anger, government in household affairs, and
writing a letter without useless repetitions.'
The following copy of a letter, written by
the Doctor, is expressive of his determination,
to make no useless repetitions.
Philad. July 5, 1775.
Mr. Strahan,
You are a Member of Parliament, and one
of that Majority which has doomed my Country
to Distraction — You have begun to burn our
Towns and murder our People. — Look upon
your Hands! — They are stained with the
Blood of your Relations! — You and I tvere
png Friends: — You are now my Enemy, — and
J am,
Yours,
B. Franklin.
3f
Brother Jonathan's Almanac,
SPANISH BULL FIGHTS.
ingh buU fights were formally abolished
'by Gliarles /F., yet they are still retained in
raajiy parts of Spain. A British officer, who
served in the war of the Peninsula, thus des-
cribes a bull %ht, which he witnessed in the
square of Truxillo.
A few minutes after seven o'clock in the even-
ing, the Spaniards, who were to fight the bulls,
appeared in the squar|j,c each provided with a
brown cloak in the 1# hand, and a pike in the
right. These having t^ken their posts, one o/
the bulls was turned out, who, «n making his
debut, looked furiously wild, while the air rung
with the acclamations of a delighted populace.
The honest bull had no idea that 8«ch a reception , \
•■■ awaited-him, as, in all hij^rmer perambulations,
no one had deigned to ^ice hiiii He gazed
on the passing scene with wonder, Irl a few
minutes he became quite fuipious. Perceiving an
opening under onfe of the waggons at the lower
part of the s^tiare, he darted towards it, in hopes
of -obt^ning his liberty. The Waggon was
crOAyded with men and women, who, at the ani-
mal's lip pro ach, were precipitated in curious
ari^ truly laughable attitudes, from their exalted
siation to the same level, with the object of their
fears. For a time, every eye was turned to the
^•^cene of confusion, anxiously waiting the result
':^onhe grand charge of the courageous animal.
Afthis momentous crisis, so big with th^yS^
many, the Spanish heroes advancecj to me^t^eir
antagonist, and with savage bellowing, stopped
bim short in his victoyous career. To one of
his tormentors he turned' with death-like fuyy,
ani on his head seemed determined to wreak hi^
iMppst vefigeance. The object of his hatred he
pursued with such speed, that every one thought
Ihelife of the Spaniard would be forfeited to his
temerity. But well the wily Don knew that the
bull could be deceived: and, to show us that
such was the fact; he permitted the mad animal
to get so close, as to make an attempt to toss
him on his horns. Thus situated, the Spaniard
had recourse to his cloak^; which he threw at the
head of the-btdl; who fancying the man in his
power, stopped-,' and tossed it in the air. The
other four were not idle during this rencontre be-
tween their fqiend and the bull. Having come
to his assistance, one of them inflicted a wound
in the hip of the poor brute, and made the best
of his way to a place of safety i holly pursued by
his enemy, till stopped by the cloak of the fugi-
tive, and the pikes of the others, as berefore. In
this. manner thefight cpntinued, till the creature
was completely exhausted, unable to shake his
head, or raise his foot. In this state he was re-
movedi to make room for a second, who affoded
no sport whatever.
mmssm.
BATTLE OF RESACA DE LA PALMA.
On the 9th of May,. about one, p. M.,the army
resumed its march. " Wfien it first halted, Cap-
lain G. A. M'Call had been sent ahead with 100
picked men to scour the chaparral and watch the
progress of the enemy. Captain Smith, of the
Artillery, with his battalion of light companies of
the fi<st Brigade, followed. The army then pro-
ceed^ through the chaparral till within about
three niiles of the FortT^^ word was passed to
the rear that the erien^rere irf force in front,
and in a selected pos^^^^.- There was no stop-
ping for reflection or p^^gThP;. troops filed past
the wagons, and depld^^^^¥hjers to the right j
and leW^of thMm^^.ft^'^mh^^y- deployed
when the ht^R^MgM^gfef peir The enemy
were posted iipo'n ffre^^^f^^de of a ravine, their
left guarded by a pond, with three batteries, contain-
ing in all eight pieces of artillery, established one on
the left, one in, and one on the right of the road.
Upon the General's arrival, the gallant McCall
was ordered to repair to the' spofesivhere his ad-
vance guard was first fired upon, and " draw the
fine off the enemy's batteries, so that the General
might know where to place his.". That was what
might be called a forlorn hope ;— they went and
fearlessly drew and received their fire.
The 5th and 8th Infantry were deployed ori
the left of the road and the 3d and 4th on the
right, with orders to advance as rapidly as pos-
sible and fight the enemy wherever he might
be. The thicket was almost impenetrable,
and it was with the greatest difficulty that they
could get through it. The Mexicans discovjjred
or guessed at the General's disposition of his
force, and poured into them grape and cannister
shot from eight pieces of artillery, which were
planted on the two sides of the road and en-
trenched upon the margin of a pond impassable
to men and horses. Their batteries were ah-
sweied, but could not be silenced behind their en-
trenchments. Owing to the dense chaparral, the
regiments became much mixed, but fought not the
less severely. Lieutenant R. Ridgely advanced
with his battery and thre\y shells and schrapnel
shot among the enemy. The enemy clung to
their batteries with the greatest pertiriacity. The
gallant Lieutenant, in one of his advances, had
not yet unlimbered, when he was charged by a
m
•body of Jancers, who came dashing down upon
hira like thunder j fortunately one of his pieces
•was unlimbered, and Sergeant Keanes put a load
of -cannister on top of a shell and fired it. Thjs
scattered them all but four, who- came dashing
along. Lieutenant Ridgely charged them in per-
son, and drove them off ; all this time the balls
'^were rattling like hailstones. Captain May rode
back to the General and asked if he should
. charge the enemy's battery in the road withi his
squadron? "Charge, Captain, nolens voleus,"'
was the reply, and away dashed the gallant fel-
low and his squadron down the ravine ! The en*
•eitiy poured a volley of grape into them, which
killed Lieutenant Inge, and swfept away nearly
the whole of his first platoon. On they went,;and
drove the enemy from their pieces, and captured
the battery 1
In this charge, Iji the front rank, were Captain
May himself, poor Inge and-Lt. Sackett. When
May gave the word " charge /" Sackett's horse
being a little the quickest, got the , start. In the
midst of a shower of grape. May said to S.,
" Sackett, that's kot fair I you took the
JUMP ON ME !" Lt. Sackett's horse was almost
at that moment shot, and fell with him into a
water hole. He fell upon the Lieutenant, who
with -great difficulty disengaged himself with the
loss of his sword. He took another horse and
sword from a dragoon, and again joined in the
fight.
Gen. Vega was fighting in person at the Mexi-
can batteries, and was just in the act of touching
off a cannon when taken prisoner by ^ay.
The 5th and 8th Infantry were then ordered to
advance (being the nearest to the enemy's bat-
teries) and bring off the pieces, but the enemy had
reg^^ined them, and a desperate conflict hand to
hand ensued, which lasted half an hour, when the
Mexicans began to give back, and left the Ameri-
cans in possession of their guns. At this time the
whole of the Infantry became engaged, and the
action continued almost without cessation untiL
sunset, when the enemy were driven across ti^-
Ria Grailde. "
Battle of Resaca dj^tP^ni
arni'on wenit the brave troops, yelling and firing,
with the Mexicans in full run before them, utitil;
they reached the. rivpr, and found the ,Gener
oflicers and T^valry had outrun them, aii'H the
mainder^f the Mexican army dispersed Wirou'^
■the chaparral As soon;as the route of jy^e ene^
my was reported to Gen. Taylor, he ordeeed th^
troops to return and encamp upon the f^ld ot
battle. Thus ended the day, in the most briiJia^
victory of the age. Hearing of the action of the\
8th, the commanding General in Matamoras hadP
sent over, to reinforce Arista, two veteran regi-
ments numbering upwards of a thousand mcB
who had been in twentv battles and never loa*
6ne ;— so that in the actlbn of the 9th the Amerii
can army were opposed by 7000, or nearly that.^:
Col. Child's battalion iiaying been left with the
baggage wagons, was not in the action. There
was also a detachment seiit that niorning with the
traia ;to Point Isabel — reducing Gen. Taylor's
force engaged to something under 1800 men.
Rules for Judging when the Eyes reqvire the
assistance of Spectacles.
1. When we are obliged to remove small ob-
jects to a considerable distance from the eye in
order to see them dist-inctly.
2. If we find it necessary to get more light
than formerly ; as, for instance, to place the can-
dle between the eye and the object.*
3. If, on looking at and attentively considering
a near object, it fatigues the eye and becomes con-
fused, or if it appears to have a kind of dimness
or raist-before it. , ^ . ~ . ■ '
4. When small printed letters are seen to run
into eacji other ,'. ^nd hence, by looking steadfast-
ly on them appeat double or treble.
5. If the eyes are so fatigued by a little exer-
cise, that we arc obliged to shut them from time
to time, so as t6 releive them' by looking at differ-
ent objects.
When all these circumstances cdiicur, or any
%fi them separately takes place, it will be neces-
sary to seek assistance from glasses, which will
ease the eyes, and in some degree check their
Innumerable instances among the meg of des/j tendency to become worse; whereas, if they be
pe rate courage prove how determined /as thcar-
my to conquer or die.
The order wns now given to pursue the enemy,
not assisted in time, the weakness will be consid-,
erably increased, and the eyes be impaired by the
• efforts they are compelled to exert.
"* ^'' <^fij>tatn Walker .'
33
CAPJ?. SAMUEL H. WALKER.
This officer is one of those rar6 spirits which
a state of war will bring out from our citizen
soldiers. His daring bravery in reaching Gen.
Taylor's camp, and his previous conflict with the
Mexicans, in which he lost nearly everVman un-
der his command, have excited a strong desrie in
the public mind to know more of him.
He is a native of Maryland, and formerly re-
sided in Washington, from*whence he went into
the Florida .war, an^ distinguished himself for his
intrepidity and daringl ■ "
In 1842.he went to Texas, and after the Mexi-
cans ha'd Mtoated from San Antonia, he crawled
through I^Kramp one night to spy out their
position, aWBid the attack upon them tlie next
morning. I^^e|t joined the celebrated Mier
expedition, MJ^^Teh prisoner by the Mexicans,
led the attac^^ftheir guards in an effort ta
escape, was taken to the city of Mexico, where
«5 worked some time on the streets, and after
twice narrowly escaping with his-life, final-
ly reached Texas; ' * • ,
He then joined the Texan Revenue ser-
vice, 4n which he remained until Gfen.'
Taylor entered ^exas, on his way to Ccfif-
pus Christi, yv^en he joined liim at the
head of his company of Rangers. He
was placed between ' the camp opposite
Matamoras and Pbint Isabel, to keep open"
the communication between them, and
having ^earned the road was occupied bv
the Mexicans, he started on the morhing
. of the 28th of April last with his who}|
force, about 75 men, to open a communis-
cation wkh Gen. Taylor from Point Isabel.
.After proceeding 12 miles he fell in with
1500 Mexicans, who -appeared very sud-
denly, and an engagement ensued, whicti
lasted about 15 miwutes, when he Wasx
compelled to retreat, and his troops being!
raw, scattered in confusion. The. over-'
wh|lming force of the enemy pursued him
until within range of our guns, when they
i'n,.turn retreated. The Mexicans lost about
30 men.
So far from being deterred by this dii-
asterj Capt. Walker immediately volun- '
teered, if four men would join him, to proceed to
Gen. Taylor's camp, at the risk of his life, and
acquaint him with the situation of affairs at'PSThr^
Isabel, and bring back any orders he might have.
A commmunication with Gen. Taylor beinw at
this time very necessary. Major Munroe accepted
the offer of Capt. Walker, and six men bravely
volunteered to accompany him. The enterprise
was considered very hazardous — almost fi^l-
I hardy— but they reached Gen. Taylor's camp cw j
the 30th, and were the first to acquaint hifti with "
affairs at Point Isabeh, and he set out on. the nexi.
day with his army to open the communication. '' %
On the field of Palo Alto, and also in the battle
of Resaca dela Palma, he did valuable service,
for which he has been appointed captain in the U* -^
S. army. . ' ;^
After the capture of Matanioras," Captain \li^."'*'
was sent out with a company of dragoons to obsgrve
the Mexican army in their retr^^at, in whieh he
had a skirmish, killing several,* bedsides taking
twenty-five prisoners. C • °
M'
i^**>^>'
34
Miscellany.
Six Reasons for Planting an Orchard.
1. Would you leave an inheritance for your
children? . Plant an orchard. No other invest-
ment of labour and money will, in tiie long run,
pay so well.
2. Would you make home pleasant — ihe abode
of the social virtues? Plant an orchard. Nothing
better promotes, among neighbours, a feeling of
kindness and good wilt, than a treat of good iruit,
often repeated.
, .5. Would you remove from your children the,
j^jngest temptations to steal ? Plant an orchard. '
"^thildren cannot obtain fruit at home, thfey are
r^irery apt to steal it; and when they have learned
to steal fruit, they are in a fair^way to learn to
steal horses.
' 4. Would you cultivate a constant feeling of
tlfankfulness towards the great Giver of all good ?
) Plant an eirchard. By having constantly before
/ you one of the greatest blessings given to man,
you mustbe hardened indeed, if you are not in-
' fluenced bgr a spirit of humility and thankfulness.
5. Would you have your children love their
Some, respect their parents while livit^g, and ven-
erate their memory when dead — in all their wan-
derings look back upon the home of their youth
as a sacred spot — an oasis in the great wilder-
ness of the world? Then plant an orchard.
6. In short, if you wish to avail yourself of the
blessings of a bountiful Providence, which are
within your reach, you must plant an orchard.
And when you do it, see that you planUgood fruit.
Don't plant crab-apple trees, nor wild plums, nor
Indian Peaches. The b^st are the cheapest.
' Edson Harknkss.
and in a few days eftects a cure. The same med- ,
icine relieves croUp/=-^wever violent the attiack. i
Cure for Summer Complaint.— Six drops of
laudanum to half a tumblerful of rice-wa}er ; half
a tumbler of the mixture to be taken every three
or four hours. This simple remedy may be given
to infants, children, or at any period of life, and
has never failed to give immediate relief; and, if
persevered in for a few days, to cure the disorder,
however violent. ' ■■
Varnish for Jtlarness. — Take half a pound of
India Rubber, one gltlton of spirits of turpentiue ;
dissolve enough to make it into a jelly, by keep*
ing alipost new milk warm ; ifcen fake equal quan-
tities ctf good lioseed oil (in a hot state) and the
above rkiixture, incofpo'-'^le them well on a slow
fire, and it is fit for use.
Boil yovr Mc^sses. — When molasses is used '
cooking, it is a i^y gre^ improvement to ^"V
d skim it before yoiJ^se iTj it takes out the ^^i
pleasant taste, and' makes tt almost as good -'^atS
sugar. 1/
Hoarseness. — One drachm of freshly sc#|ped
horseradish root, infused with four ounces of
water, for two hours, with a close vessel, and*
made into a syrup, wuh double its weight of vin-
egar, is an approved remedy for hoarseness; a
few tea-spoonfuls, it is said, have never been
known tb fail in removing it.
Cure for Whooping Cough. — A lljjll^poonful
of castor oil to a tea-spoonful of molaafttes ; a tea-
spo6nful of the mixture to be given whenever the
.. cough is troublesome. It Rffords relief »* '^nrf.
Remedy for Consumption.'— hWe temperately,
avoid spirituous liquors, wear flannel next the skin,
and take every morning half a pint of new milk
mixed with a wine glassful! of the expressed juice
of green hoarhound. One who has tried it says,
" Fotur weeks' use of the hoarhound and milk,
relieved the pains of my breast, caused me to
breathe deep, long and free, strengthened and
harmoniz-ed my voice, and restored me to a better
state of Kealth than I had enjoyed for years."
To Remove Bvg^, t^c.— The mo^ certain way
to destroy bugs, is to put the bedstead* into a close
room, and set fire to the following composition,
placed ill an iron pot upon the hearth, having pre-
viotJsly closed up the chimney, Jhen shut tho
dooV ; let them remain all day : sujnhsur 10 parts,
saltpetre, powdered, 1 part, mix. j|H|ti^ to open
the door of the room five or six ho^^oefore you
venture to go into it a second'i '
Whenever you buy or sellH^^ hire, make
clear bargain, and never trust to '* we shan't disa
crt**:abnilt (rifles."
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